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Back It Up: How to Protect Yourself from the Most Common Computer Malfunctions

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Every person using their personal computer professionally has encountered various malfunctions ranging from software glitches to the widely feared blue screens of death (BSODs) and complete hardware failures. There are few things in life worse than waking up to your morning coffee and a day of freelance work and finding your trusty tools totally inoperative. While this threat is mostly inevitable (let us face it, all things break and computers are not much sturdier than human bodies), there are some trusted tips from system administrators that can help you minimise the resulting damage or totally avoid it.   

1. Learn Basic Computer Maintenance

Knowing your computer means seeing the signs of the imminent failure. From the software standpoint, freezing or slow operation may be an indicator that reinstallation of the system or some software products may be required. The hardware part is trickier. From the system side, you should install specialised disk monitoring software such as Crystal Drive or Hard Disk Sentinel and use AIDA64 or a similar comprehensive package for everything else. The first kind of programmes will inform you about upcoming disk failures by showing the deterioration of their physical state. The second type shows the temperatures of all PC components and allows you to stress-test them from time to time. If you see unusually high temperatures or start experiencing failed runs in stress tests, this may be a sign that you need to clean your computer case from dust, replace the thermal grease on your processor or take your PC to a professional service centre for deeper analysis to prevent malfunctions.

2. Make Regular Backups

According to a popular saying, there are people who do not make backups, people who already make backups, and people who have learnt to check the backups they make. While going corporate-level paranoid about your data may be a bit too extreme, you really need to start making backups right now. Speaking simply, a backup is a copy of your critical data. It can be full (everything is copied) or incremental (only the changed data is added to the backup). The most basic way to do this is to have a flash drive or a redundant computer disk drive (preferable) and copy all relevant information to these media on a regular basis. Luckily, this process can be automated with such tools as Acronis or its multiple freeware alternatives.

3. Research Cloud Solutions

The next step in your backup paranoia is to store your important data on a remote server providing storage space, i.e. cloud storage. There exist multiple solutions such as Dropbox that offer reasonable amounts of capacity for your daily needs free of charge. The additional bonus of using these platforms is the capability to log into your account and continue working on your recent projects from virtually anywhere in the world. Keep in mind that many automated backup programmes offer cloud backups as an option making your data even safer.

4. Learn about Disk Cloning

In most cases, when your PC screen goes black, your main concern is not the safety of your data but the need to meet your pressing deadlines. If your primary drive fails, you face the need to spend many hours reinstalling your system of choice and all your software on a new drive, which is highly inconvenient. The disk cloning procedure offered by most specialised disk management packages does exactly what it says. It makes a full copy of your disk with all data, software, and system installed on it. If you have a redundant drive, make a clone of your system and simply boot from this drive in the case of a disk failure.

5. Think about Nettops and Laptops

If you encounter a major hardware failure such as a motherboard failure or a RAM failure, you probably need a computer repair service to restore the functionality of your computer. In this case, your only alternative is to continue working from another PC. Laptops are considered a traditional replacement option. However, they do not satisfy all users since you have to use a smaller keyboard and screen. Nettops are miniature PCs that are capable of performing basic office tasks while being lightweight and highly inexpensive. This backup option may also be much lighter on your wallet than a laptop with similar characteristics. Simply plug your cloned drive, favourite keyboard, and monitor into a nettop and be airborne within five minutes after the failure of your main PC.

This short guide does not cover in-depth techniques such as building RAID 1 arrays from two or more redundant disks for maximal data safety or using memtest86 for identifying hardware RAM failures. This is a simple ‘crash course’ into mitigating 80% of common computer-related risks that may disrupt your productivity and leisure. Most people do not need to become professional system administrators in order to perform their job-related tasks. However, becoming a power user is a must if you work from home as a freelancer or do not have time to take your PC to a computer repair service every time you encounter malfunctions.

Google to Improve Map Navigation for Motorcycles in Africa

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Map Navigation for Motorcycles

Today, Google announced its initiative to provide support for Nigeria with improved Google Maps, Photos Go, Google Lens and Bolo which have been localized in an initiative dubbed Google For Nigeria.

One of the announcements that will get some countries across the continent happy include; the improvement of Google Maps in countries that have a high usage of motorcycles. These countries include Nigeria, Benin Republic, Ghana, Rwanda, and our beloved Uganda. Google intends to start with improved Google Maps in Nigeria and will scale to other countries over time.

Often, triggering the motorcycle route in maps brought a route that is accessible by walking which is not possible in some cases. So shortcuts for bikes and one-way roads were not clearly shown.

With improvements to the maps in the continent, ride-hailing apps such as Uber, Safeboda are most likely to benefit because users will be able to navigate easily.

Below is a quote from the Google Blog about the launch of Google For Nigeria;

Google Maps helps you navigate, explore and get things done. Nigeria has over 10 million motorcycles and we all know that they move differently from cars. We’re introducing a dedicated travel mode to provide directions and navigation for motorcycles in Nigeria, Benin Republic, Ghana, Rwanda, Togo and Uganda. We’re also launching navigation instructions in a Nigerian voice for both motorcycle and car driving modes, so that local names and places get pronounced as they should be.

Traveling through Lagos, one of Africa’s busiest cities, is often a challenge with unpredictable factors that affect journey times. In the next few months, we’ll introduce a new directions experience for Lagos optimized for informal transit, bringing Danfo routes into Google Maps.

– Google Blog

Are you excited about the new changes from Google in Africa?

Uber Excites Fans by Extending Uber Boda’s 50% Off Promo

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Uganda’s most trusted, and used cab and Boda hailing app, Uber always comes up with campaigns that enable ease in mobility for many people in the country especially those in the city centre Kampala.

Uber also keeps surprising fans with the most exciting offers while assuring safety, affordability, and ease.

Earlier this week, Uber uganda extended the 50% off all Uber Boda rides promo that has been running for the past couple of weeks from 1PM-5PM. With the promo, a rider can get an event for as low as Shs500 to their destination.

The campaign dubbed #YitaUber has also offered movie tickets to ‘Stuber’, a movie about Uber, for anyone that uses Uber Boda and takes a selfie (s) with a helmet while at it.

With the advent of Uber Lite, an app that enables people using Android to order their ride (s) even in areas of poor network connection, getting a ride has been made easier, and faster.

Having launched in Uganda’s populous capital, Kampala on June 2, 2016, Uber has tremendously grown diligently offering safe service to the populace.

Order your Uber Boda using the Uber Lite or Uber app today between 1PM – 5PM and enjoy exciting offers of up to 50% as well as a chance to win movie tickets for Stuber.

Thato Motlanthe appointed as the MTN new Group Investor Relations Executive

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MTN Group has appointed Thato Motlanthe to the position of Executive for Investor Relations, with effect from 1 September 2019. Thato replaces Nik Kershaw who left MTN Group at the end of May 2019, and will report to Ralph Mupita, MTN Group CFO.

Thato brings to the role extensive experience of South African and global capital markets, having worked in both the sell-side and buy-side of equity capital markets. He joins MTN from Absa Asset Management, where he held the role of Portfolio Manager, co-managing the flagship funds within the Equities franchise. Prior to this, he has held senior positions at STANLIB Asset Management, Citigroup Global Markets and UBS Investment Bank over a career spanning 16 years.

“I am excited to join a company with an incredibly strong pan-African and Middle East footprint, great market positions and attractive assets. MTN Group is well positioned to capture growth from digital and financial inclusion”, said Thato.

Commenting on Thato’s appointment, MTN Group CFO Ralph Mupita said, “We are pleased to have secured someone of Thato’s experience and leadership profile. Thato will play a critical role in the management and building of the investor base for MTN Group, as well as ensuring that the communication of the investment case of our “Digital Operator” strategy remains clear and compelling for stakeholders.”

Editor’s Note: This is a press release from MTN Group

Why Tracking Your Kid’s Location Should Be Your Pressing Need?

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For every parent, the safety of their children remains a top priority, be it online or offline. Gone are the days when parents could easily send their children out for playing with their friends or hanging out with them without getting worried.

With the number of dangers lurking out there, it is not safe to send your children outside without keeping a proper check on their whereabouts. Parents need to take some precautionary steps as they allow their children to step outside by deploying cell phone spy software on their cell phones.

A cell phone spy software will help keep track of their location and give you updates of all the places your child visits after their school time. These cell phone spy apps have given a sense of relief and security to parents as they can track their children in real-time.

Parents may want to keep tabs on their kid’s location for their safety and their own sanity. Whatever your reason may be for tracking your kid’s location, the good news is that there are several cell phone tracking apps that can help you track your child’s location.

Why Do You Need to Track Your Kid’s Location?

Tracking your child’s location has become a necessity these days because your child is not safe outside the territory of your house. If your child lives far away from their house even then you would need to track their whereabouts to make sure they are safe.

Knowing where your child is probably the most comforting thing you can experience. In fact, cell phone tracking applications have made our lives easier because they help us track our loved ones. When you know your child is safe out there, you become relieved and confident.

The best thing about cell phone spy apps is that they let you know where your child is without them knowing. While children do not like parents invading their privacy or keeping tabs on their whereabouts, you can still go ahead and track their location by using a cell phone spy app because they are undetectable.

Most cell phone spy apps have the ability to spy on someone’s cell phone location without them knowing. Since children do not like their parents spying on their activities, parents can use cell phone spy apps to track their location in a secret way.

And cell phone spy apps not only help you track their location. These spy apps are capable of so much more. For instance, with the help of a cell phone spy app, you can monitor their web browsing activity, chats, phone calls, and text messages. You can also see what they have been doing on their social media accounts.

Similarly, apart from parents, any person can make use of a cell phone tracking app to check on their loved ones. For instance, if you are suspicious of your partner’s recent activity and want to find out whether or not they have been meeting someone else behind your back, then you can consider deploying a spy phone app on their phone.

This will help you know if your partner is loyal and sincere to you. You can track all the places your partner visits. If you find them visiting an unknown place, you can go there by yourself and find out who they have been meeting secretly. While it may be considered illegal to spy on someone’s activity but if you have a valid reason for doing so, you do not need to worry.

Track Your Kid’s Location Using a Cell Phone Spy App

A cell phone spy app can be used as a cell phone tracking app to monitor someone’s location and find out where exactly they are. A good and genuine cell phone spy app is compatible with all the devices including Android and iOS.

Using these apps, it becomes quite easy to find out the exact whereabouts of your loved ones, especially your children. Apart from simply tracking your child’s cell phone location, these apps can also help you monitor their call logs, track their text messages and social media accounts, and monitor their web browsing activity.

A cell phone spy app like Mobistealth makes use of GPS technology to find out the exact location of your child. Even if the GPS of your child’s cell phone is not working, the spy phone app manages to track their location and send you timely updates of their location to your online dashboard.

You only need to follow some basic steps to use a cell phone spy app in order to track your child’s location. First, you need to sign up on the spy app’s website and create an account. After that, you will download the app and get it installed on your child’s device.

You will require physical access to your child’s device in case they are using an Android phone. However, there is no need to get hands on your child’s phone if they are using an iOS device because for an iOS device, you only need their iTunes credentials to get access to their cell phone.

As soon as the spy phone app is installed on your child’s phone, it will start locating their whereabouts and mark all the locations that they visit. The app will send you timely updates of their location on your online dashboard from where you can remotely monitor their location.

The online dashboard lets you monitor your child’s location in a convenient way. Besides your child’s location, you will be able to remotely monitor many other things of their cell phone in real-time. You can also find out who your child is interacting with online by reading their private chats. So, apart from tracking their whereabouts, you can also know who your child meets after school.

Cell phone spy apps will provide you with your child’s location any time you may need it. Reliable and professional spy phone apps are versatile, cost-effective, and really easy to use. Plus, they do not even let your child tamper with them as they stay hidden on their cell phones.

The most current numbers livescore results

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The best bookies in the world have a perfectly filled statistical menu. But what about Betters betting on smaller resources? To do this, you must open the site live-score.com and to gather all the necessary information.

LiveScore is a statistical portal that collects information on all major sports (football, basketball, tennis, hockey, and cricket). The livescore results are not sprayed on a large number of sports, unlike many of its competitors, but fills as many of the available sections as possible.

Creating a resource with all matches livescore 

It should first be noted that livescores.com has been in operation for about 20 years. This site was created in 1998 and has been amended only once since. All changes were in the visual component only.

At present, a redesign of the site is required. Design in the style of the late 90s-the beginning of Zero has long survived itself and the site livescore just need change in the shape of modern design. However, the outdated design does not affect the functionality and performance of the resource.

The main sections of the site are at the top. Here, the user can choose the sport that interests him, contact his report or go to the responsible menu of the mobile version. In order to fully utilize this resource livescore results from their mobile devices, you need to download special software from the site.

The statistical resource livescore is created in English only and other languages are not supported. There are unauthorized clones livescore.com in English, but they are much inferior to the original product.

The site focuses on collecting information on 5 major sports: football, basketball, tennis, ice hockey and cricket. It is surprising to have a cricket in this narrow business, and all the other positions are planned.

Let’s start with football:

  • when visiting the Livescore station for the first time, the user immediately falls into the football section;
  • all kinds of international tournaments and national leagues are gathered here.

Take, for example, the Italian Series A. The user can see the results of matches already played, see the ranking or get acquainted with the match schedule for the nearest round or until the end of the championship.

The site also contains specific information for each game of the tour: the starting teams, goaltenders and helpers, the number of knowledgeable players and minutes where yellow or red cards were received, the name of the referee, the players who were replaced and much more. 

You still have this weekend to max out on Jumia Anniversary deals

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The highly anticipated Jumia Anniversary by Uganda’s leading eCommerce platform, JUMIA, started on the 24th of June and runs until July 14th. With mind-blowing discounts on 10,000+ products, everyone can still find something to enjoy. Among the best lined deals include discounts on TV’s, phones, and appliances and saving money on everyday essentials. 

Paul Tesar, Head of Growth Jumia Uganda, noted that apart from amazing discounts on over 10,000 products on the site, having exclusive offerings like the new Motorola Models and Lenovo among many others complement the expansive campaign offering. 

He added that, with the launch of Jumia Global, our customers now have the biggest assortment of products ever on an e-commerce platform in Uganda to select from. The Treasure hunts and Flash-Sales are bigger and better with increased stock depth, so as to have more customers enjoy them.  

Among the best deals include the following; –

Nokia 6.1 // Skyworth 40’ // blue flame gas cooker // Omo

Nokia 6.1 Plus 5.8-Inch (4GB, 64GB ROM), 12MP + 16MP, Dual Sim, 4G Smartphone now at 679,000 UGX from 1,200,000 UGX

Skyworth Frameless 40″ – Digital Full HD TV now at 810,000 UGX from 1,365,000 UGX

General – 50*50 All Gas Upright Oven now at 429,000 UGX from 570,360 UGX

Omo Fast Action Hand Washing Powder – 1kg now at 7,000 from 15,000 UGX

Tips to help you make the most of the Jumia Anniversary: Download the Jumia App, follow Jumia UG on all social media handles like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram to get first-hand information on the latest top deals, flash sale and Treasure hunts. Subscribe to the Jumia newsletter to get all the information in your email inbox. 

Raxio Challenges Ugandan Media Industry To Keep Up With The Times in Data Storage & Disaster Recovery

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A Model Of the Raxio Data Centre In Namanve
A Model Of the Raxio Data Centre In Namanve

Raxio Data Centre challenged the Ugandan Media industry to keep up to date with the latest technology when it comes to data storage and disaster recovery.

Speaking at a breakfast hosted by Raxio Data Centre, the General Manager James Byaruhanga highlighted the need for the industry to stay abreast with the times as media houses are currently producing a lot of content that is not being adequately stored:

“Over the last couple of years, we have seen an increase in content production to meet consumer needs and demands as well as remain relevant in the market in this digital era; however many media houses do not have the proper means to store this data which is a risk to their business operations” he said.

According to James, the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) regulations demand media houses to store content that they produce for an extended period of five years before being disposed of, hence the need to have a sufficient and efficient data storage system:

“Media houses need a new way of data storage, data archiving and data processing different from the traditional way. By doing this, the data they store can therefore be easily scalable and be readily accessible across the media chain which betters their operations” he advised.

These sentiments were echoed by executives from leading media houses who shared their concerns about the state of data storage in the Ugandan media industry. The breakfast was attended by representatives from television, print, radio and digital media.  

The first data center in the country, where every telecom provider can provide infrastructure for your services. Also, the first one where any cloud provider can put their cloud platform and provide services to customers

James Byaruhanga

Raxio Data Centre: When it opens in December 2019, Raxio Data Centre will be the first of its kind in Uganda, operating as a carrier-neutral facility, and meeting the international Tier III standard. Upon final phase completion, it will able to house around 400 racks and be able to provide 1.5MW of IT power to ensure the equipment housed within it operates optimally, 24/7, in a fully safe, secure and redundant environment.

What Went Down at the Africa Blockchain Conference 2019 as Africa 4.0 Initiative is launched

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The second edition of the Africa Blockchain Conference drew to a close yesterday, the 4th of July, at the Kampala Serena where over 3,000 people gathered for the two-days to discuss and exchange ideas on the 4th Industrial Revolution.

Under the theme ‘’Africa 4.0:  Preparing Africa for the 4th Industrial Revolution’’, delegates comprising of the public and private sector, experts and leaders from global technology companies, entrepreneurs, innovators, students, youth and government representatives including the President of Sierra Leone, HE Julius Maasa Bio, the Prime Minister of Uganda, Rt. Hon. Dr Ruhakana Rugunda, the UAE Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, HE Omar Sultan Al Olama and Sophia the Humanoid Robot, discussed topics such as;  Africa’s readiness for the 4th Industrial Revolution, Fintech, payment systems, and digital financial services, the future of work and education, SDGs and technology for impact. 

Various speakers highlighted the need to use Blockchain technology and Artificial Intelligence for the development of Africa and society while making sure that we prepare for the future and most importantly the future generation.

“If you teach students of today the same way you taught yesterday, you’re actually robbing them of a good future,” said Dr Ramathan Ggobi, a lecturer at Makerere University Business School, noted that there is a need for the responsible authorities to revise the curriculum to enable students to learn things that will work with the evolving technologies.

“What will the world of 2030 look like? The education system today must prepare children for a world that’s different from the one they’re living in today, to solve problems that don’t exist today,” commented Dr James Magara while speaking during a panel discussion on the “The future of work.”

During the panel discussion on the case for a Pan-African 4IR strategy,  on the evolving digital world, Edgar Kasene, the CEO RetroRabbit, South Africa noted that; “Digital is not a buzz word. Society is gradually but surely moving away from the physical touch points. The way we consume has changed to digital.”

On emerging technologies, Kwame Rugunda, the Chairman of the Blockchain Association of Uganda, observed that; “Africa now has the greatest opportunity to leverage emerging technologies to facilitate the African Continental Free Trade Area, the largest free trade area in the world.”

The Keynote speaker, the Sierra Leone President, HE Julius Maasa Bio, highlighted that; “This transition to digital must be agile. It should be developed within the vision of what makes Africa and that defines our place in the 4IR. Emerging technologies, including the Internet of Things (IoT), virtual reality and artificial intelligence (AI), are enabling societal shifts as they systemically affect economies, values, identities, and possibilities for future generations.”

Representing the president of Uganda, the Prime Minister of Uganda, Rt. Hon. Dr Ruhakana Rugunda noted that; “We Believe that emerging technologies will shape the way we interact in the future. We must ensure that young people are at the forefront of this revolution.”

Talking about how Artificial Intelligence has improved human lives, the UAE Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, HE Omar Sultan Al Olama, said that; “It used to take 6 minutes to diagnose TB in the UAE. Now with AI, it takes seconds. We can deploy emerging technologies from the UAE to Africa so we can share benefits from 4IR. Mutual collaboration will be key for sharing solutions that have been tried and tested in sectors like trade.”

Among other highlights of the Africa Blockchain Conference 2019, was Sophia, the Humanoid robot who delivered her speech and had a discussion with delegates via teleconference. Speaking on whether Artificial Intelligence will replace humans, Sophia said; “Human characteristics like creativity and compassion will never be replaced by machines. Everyone wins when humans and robots use their unique skills to work together.”

In the pitch competition, Innovex won the competition and was awarded $5,000, PesaBase was the first runner-up and was awarded $3,000. The second runnerup was Jaguza Livestock received a $2,000 award.  

This year, the Africa Bockchain Conference also had the Tech Expo running alongside it. Some of the companies that participated in the tech expo included; MTN Uganda, Andela, Ubuntu Group, Project Hydro, Sunstone SAS, Input/Output, Flutterwave, Crossroads, CITL International, Ubuntu group, Yo Uganda, KLF Coin, Kwiksy, Century Group and Huobi.

The Best Features And Benefits Of LED Rope Lights

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Modern lifestyle has a major innovation in lighting facilities. Market trends with inventions of LED juice light have been seen a huge change. Today, people are interested in the LED rope light or light emotional diode bulb due to the majority of the features because of its population characteristics. These bulbs have a lot of advantages than the normal bulb. Classification under SSL Lights or Solid State Lights, it is considered one of the best options for light bulk purposes and features to best led rope lights.

The main advantages of LED rope lights and bulbs

Compared to ordinary lights, LED bulbs are widely used and widely used widely for home and commercial purposes worldwide. Some of the key benefits of using these bulbs are as follows:

Available in different types: These bulbs are available in different colors and varieties. These bulbs are available in red, blue, green and yellow colors.

Efficient and long-term: These bulbs are energy efficient and are durable compared to fluorescent lights. LED rope light and are low replacement requirement for more than ten years. Low heat extrusion: Unlike ordinary bulbs, heat reduces during the bulb burning. Environmental friendly: Due to other bulbs, there is no production of harmful ultra-violet and therefore calm environment is friendly.

Low power consumption:

LED rope light compared to ordinary bulbs consumes very little power and is therefore one of the best options for home and commercial purposes.

Tensile:

Compared to incandescent light, these bulbs are strong and do not break easily or break. These are actually energy saving to us and available with lots of benefits.

These days, for many purposes the LED rope light is being used. It is widely used for decorations in weddings and other social functions. These bulbs are also used for indoor horticultural purposes because it does not reduce the heat and will damage the plants. Another specialty of these bubbles is that it is used as a LED rope light for decoration homes and holes, because it requires less power and is available in different attractive colors.

Weight of light

Compared to other lights, this light takes a moment to lightweight again and does not reduce its stability even when it is repeatedly closed. Available in different sizes and shapes, these licenses are suitable for telecommunication purposes other than the other beneficial requirements. There are medium range ranges and small sizes plus high power lights. These bubbles are easy to install and are quite compact with different electrical resources.

Use in electronic devices

Since these lights are compact size, they are used in electronic devices such as calculators, remote control devices, DVD players, and so on. Nowadays, these lights are used in various locations for supermarkets, traffic lights, parking places, industries, and so on. LED bulbs can buy online from many authentic dealers listed in business portals. With each passing generation, the latest technical development has been made in various fields in which these bubbles include advanced and advanced features.

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